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... ABSTRACT The principle of impedance matching (IM) can be applied to maximize power transfer between two oscillatory systems, being the ocean waves and the power take-off (PTO) of a wave energy converter (WEC) in this paper. The complex conjugate of the intrinsic impedance is approximated...

... ABSTRACT As for any novel technology, the need to consider, identify and formulate performance requirements and related assessment criteria has been an important subject in the development of Wave Energy Converters (WECs). These allow the characterisation of each technology through techno...

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... ABSTRACT This paper presents and discusses the performance of a new cascaded modular power electronic converter for Wave Energy Conversion (WEC) systems. The proposed electrical power converter employs submodule units to replace the central conventional power converter aiming to bring...

... ABSTRACT Wave energy shows potential to provide electricity in a renewable manner. The TALOS WEC (Wave Energy Converter) is a unique design with six PTO (Power Take-Off) elements to provide six Degrees of Freedom (DOFs), which is potentially able to harvest energy more efficiently than...

... ABSTRACT In this study, we aim to improve WECs’ performance for maximizing energy absorption through a sub-optimal method of phase control by latching is applied to the device.The forecasting of future wave force is required for the optimal control command deducted.An artificial neural network...

... Abstract The present paper aims at investigating the efficiency properties of a cylindrical WEC placed in front of a vertical, surface piercing, breakwater of infinite length. A theoretical model is presented based on the linearized velocity potential, the image theory and the matched...

... ABSTRACT In this paper, we instigate numerically the performance of an oblate spheroidal heaving Wave Energy Converter (WEC). The diffraction/radiation problems are solved in the frequency domain by utilizing the conventional boundary integral equation method. This method is, initially...

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... ABSTRACT Due to the energy crisis and green-house effect, offshore renewable energy is attracting more attention in the world. Various offshore renewable energy systems such as floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs), wave energy converters (WECs), have been developed. To increase the power...

.... The wave energy converter (WEC) developed at Uppsala University is a point absorber equipped with a direct driven linear generator power take off. The hydrodynamic model of the WEC was implemented in Simulink using state space method to obtain positions and velocities of buoy and translator in time domain...

... of the different wave energy converter (WEC) types is assessed, and it is discussed if there is a possibility for WECs to match the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) for offshore wind. Offshore power plant-sized wave parks can develop into a viable solution by using large-scale WECs - eventually in combination...

...Parameterisation of Radiation Forces for a Multiple Degree-of-Freedom Wave Energy Converter Using Moment-Matching Nicola´s Faedo, Yerai Pen a-Sanchez and John V. Ringwood Centre for Ocean Energy Research, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Ireland ABSTRACT The motion of a Wave Energy Converter (WEC...

... of the failure of wave energy converters (WECs) to converge to a single optimal design, though this can be viewed as both a cause and an effect (see following section). In 2016, O'Hagan et al. highlighted that "more than 50 types of WECs have been designed, but less than 20% have reached full-scale prototype...

... ABSTRACT To achieve a better utilization of ocean space and energy, three integrated concepts of column-type wind turbine and heave-type wave energy converter (WEC) have been proposed, for deep, intermediate and shallow water depth conditions, respectively. The wave energy devices...

... direction, wave energy converter (WEC) dimensions, etc. Successful optimization of wave energy converter arrays is one of the steps that would help enhancing the commercialization of the technology. For this reason, until now some different systematic methods and optimization routines have been proposed...

... Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom ABSTRACT This paper presents a numerical study of a simplified wave energy con- verter (WEC) with and without a moon-pool under focused wave condi- tions and the work presented corresponds to a contribution to the CCP- WSI Blind Test Series 3. The numerical...

... occur, which will cause a large local impact load on wave energy converters (WECs). Exploring interaction between waves and WECs have great importance for the design and protection of WECs. So accurate prediction of the motion of a WEC and the loads acting on it is of great significance in the design...

... the numerical and experimental study for hydrodynamic behavior and performance of the cylindrical WECs (Wave Energy Converters) with different rotational axes. The efficiency of the circular cylinder with offset axis of rotation performs well compared without offset axis due to asymmetric dynamic behavior (Cruz...